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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
Antya 2.162Antya 2.164

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.163

‘হরিদাস কাঁহা?’ যদি শ্রীবাস পুছিলা ।

‘স্বকর্মফলভুক্ পুমান্” — প্রভু উত্তর দিলা ॥ ১৬৩ ॥

‘haridāsa kāṅhā?’ yadi śrīvāsa puchilā

“sva-karma-phala-bhuk pumān” — prabhu uttara dilā

Translation

When Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura inquired from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Where is Junior Haridāsa?” the Lord replied, “A person is sure to achieve the results of his fruitive activities.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Actions Bring Their Results

  1. 1

    Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu where Junior Haridāsa was.

  2. 2

    The Lord replied that a person is sure to achieve the results of his fruitive activities.

  3. 3

    Rather than naming a location, His reply directed attention to actions and their consequences.

How it feels

Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.

The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. haridāsa kāṅhāwhere is Junior Haridāsa
  2. yadiwhen
  3. śrīvāsa puchilāŚrīvāsa Ṭhākura inquired
  4. sva-karma-phala-bhuksure to accept the resultant action of his fruitive activities
  5. pumāna person
  6. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. uttara dilāreplied
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might remembering the consequences of actions affect a choice you make today?

Practice

Before one decision today, pause and consider the result your action may bring.

Live this todayActions Bring Their ResultsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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